Ark, I became a mobile city, but the moon city

However, it is these free things that are the most expensive.

So much so that Joanna didn't know what Hugh's purpose was.

However, there is no other way right now... I can only agree.

"Then...we agree."

Finally, Joanna slowly lowered her head, closed her eyes, and then spoke.

So, at this point, Xio smiled. He turned around, pushed Da'at and Carly out the door, a faint smile still on his lips, and said softly:

"Then let's go, both of you. Next, it's time to take the initial action against the wolf hunter..."

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After leaving the reception room, Xio, Carly, and Da'at quickly moved through the Rossetti household. The stench of blood permeated the Rossetti household, a strong smell that even rain couldn't dispel... Carly lowered her head slightly and softly asked Da'at:

"Da'at... What is our goal this time? Should we choose to completely kill the Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries and contain them?"

In response to Carly's question, Da'at simply shook his head, then spoke softly:

"No, that's not necessary. We just need to drive her away for now. Our ally might need this Little Red Riding Hood mercenary in more than one place... Besides, we need her to lure out the wolf."

"Right now, the wolf is hiding in the dark. If we want to find it, the best way is to rely on the Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries."

Da'at said this seriously, and Carly nodded with understanding, then walked out of the corridor.

"Then... leave the rest to me."

After leaving these words, Carly temporarily left Da'at, took out the Mimic EGO from the dimensional bag, threw the dimensional bag on the ground, and left the scene in a flash in the blink of an eye.

After walking through several times, following the direction of the smell of blood, Carly quickly found the direction where the Little Red Riding Hood mercenary was currently... She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the scene in front of her.

This was the entrance to the Rossetti family compound, where numerous gang members were stationed. However, at this moment, this supposedly heavily guarded area was filled with a stream of blood. At the entrance, the red-cloaked hunter stood in the center, a musket in one hand and a sickle in the other. She whirled around quickly, firing her musket rapidly, sending several more gang members crashing to the ground.

That is, the Little Red Riding Hood mercenary.

Looking at the red flames burning on the Little Red Riding Hood mercenary, Carly frowned and realized a problem.

The Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries now seem to regard these "wolves" from Syracuse as their targets.

Therefore, she has now entered a "violent" state.

In this state, there is no possibility that Little Red Riding Hood will show any mercy... It is better to say that she is almost going crazy with killing.

"... Ha, looks like we need to deal with this soon—"

Carly muttered to herself as she quickly lunged forward, slashing with her sword. In the next instant, she was locked in combat with Little Red Riding Hood. Upon noticing the newcomer, Little Red Riding Hood's arrogance intensified, her fury seemingly entering its second phase.

But for Carly...none of this matters.

After just a few fights, Carly was covered with a blood-red coat that looked like flowing blood... At this moment, the crimson mist of EGO had already appeared.

With the arrival of this moment, the state of the abnormality in front of him no longer matters.

"Come on, let's have another good fight!"

Mimic EGO pressed down. At this moment, [Blood Mist] was launched, directly slashing the Little Red Riding Hood mercenary.

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At the same time, while Carly and the Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries were engaged in a one-sided fight, Xio was also taking action quickly.

T Company's personnel, already deployed to Syracuse, began their operations, installing various devices throughout the Rossetti family. Simultaneously, a significant number of Rossetti family members were relocated. Most of them were unimportant, lower-ranking members, and as Xio had told Joanna, they were being moved to a safer location.

At the same time, Hugh also told Joanna that if they were willing to go to a safer place, then Hugh himself would not mind protecting a few more people.

However, out of some instinctive sense of crisis, Joanna rejected Hugh's kindness...

Her instinct told her that if she accepted it, then there would definitely be no good outcome...

So, under this situation, the entire Rossetti family's vitality began to shift.

About five minutes later, looking at the amount of time that had begun to tick on the account book, Xio let out a long sigh.

Chapter 153:149 Hugh: The Wolf Hunter's next target is Texas

"...How's the situation with the wolf hunters?"

Facing Xio, Joanna couldn't help but ask this question. Xio glanced at Joanna and immediately gave a positive answer:

"There's no need to worry about anything for now. The werewolves have been repelled. At least for the next few days, we don't need to worry about them anymore."

After hearing Xio's words, Joanna nodded without asking any further questions. She didn't feel her movements slow down at all; to her, the only sensation she had was that Xio and Da'at's movements seemed slightly faster than before.

In reality, this was what Hugh had done to the Rossetti family compound. He had installed some T Company time-track technology, causing the flow of time to slow down slightly throughout the Rossetti family compound. The slowdown lasted less than an hour.

However, since there are quite a lot of people in the Rossetti family, even if it is only this short period of time, after multiplying it by the number of people, it is a considerable amount of time.

As for the Rossetti family, since their thinking speed was also slowed down, they could not notice anything unusual in a short period of time... As for after the abnormality was officially discovered, it would not be a problem for Xio.

By that time, Company T would have probably been fully developed. As for the time they were missing now, it was naturally what they had to pay in this transaction.

Want to get the time back? Of course, they could, just like everyone else, buy it back from Company T. They might even think that Company T's service of double the time a day was a good thing, and they'd just jump right into the T company's business circle...

However, the amount of transactions collected by T Company was naturally not limited to this. The part of the Rossetti family that was transferred was naturally on its way to T Company's special facilities.

There, the flow of time is compressed to the minimum. People living there will only have two hours a day, and T Company will provide them with all their needs.

Internally, T Company had nothing to say to these people. Externally…after the Rossetti family realized what was happening, T Company believed they wouldn't break up with T Company over such a small matter.

They wouldn't dare do that. And there was no need. The casualties were primarily peripheral members of the Rossetti family, with a significant portion simply affiliated with the gangs. These people could be replenished at any time, so letting T Company take some of them wasn't a big deal.

Of course, T Company wasn't the only one captured to trade time for these people... They also captured a few from Kazdel, where all the refugees hadn't yet been fully integrated. For those refugees, T Company was already a benefactor by providing them with all their necessities. Naturally, matters like the speed of time flowed were of lower importance to them.

Of course, these people were still too few for Company T… Before Company W showed up, Company T lacked the means to acquire time on a large scale. Therefore, the more people like this, the better.

Kazdel's remaining refugees weren't enough. After capturing around a hundred people, T Company called it a day. As for the Rossetti family, they also helped T Company replenish approximately a few hundred people this time... but it was still far from enough.

The ideal number of people that T Company expects to acquire is about 5,000 or more, so that it can provide T Company with time for internal development and external development.

"...If a completely destroyed family could be incorporated into the T Company system, how wonderful it would be..."

Hugh murmured involuntarily. Joanna seemed to hear what Hugh said, but she couldn't hear it clearly.

"What's the matter, Mr. Hugh?"

"fine."

Xio deliberately slowed down his speech and said softly:

"By the way...what exactly is the conflict between you and the Saluzzo family?"

After hearing the question from Xio, Joanna paused for a moment. After a moment's hesitation, she said:

"In fact, we don't know exactly what's going on... We just know that the Saluzzo family's recent reactions seem a little unusual."

"Their peace with most of the families has ended. During this period, the Saluzzo family has had more or less friction with various other families, and they also exchanged fire with the Bellone family before... Thinking about it carefully, it probably happened in the past two days."

After hearing Joanna's words, Xiu nodded in understanding. At this moment, Carly walked in from outside. Seeing this, Joanna asked anxiously:

"how is the situation?"

"We repelled it temporarily. The guy left halfway through the fight."

Carly, who had already put the Mimic EGO into the dimensional bag, said this concisely, and then stood silently beside Da'at, as if she would not allow anyone to attack Da'at.

"Since this danger has been resolved, the three of us will take our leave."

Seeing this, Xio bowed slightly to Joanna and said so. Then, he said goodbye to Carly and Da'at and quickly left with Joanna's farewell. They wouldn't stay here any longer. If Joanna accidentally changed her mind, things would be bad.

As they left the Rossetti family, another figure appeared in front of them, amidst the drizzling rain of Syracuse...

So they stopped. In front of them, Texas stood in front of them with an umbrella, and it seemed that he had been waiting here for quite some time.

Xio glanced at it, smiled, and then said:

"Big boss of Thumb, what are you waiting for us to do here?"

"..."

Texas opened her mouth, seemingly unable to react for a moment as to how they called out her name. Then, the next moment, she spoke:

"You guys...are from the city?"

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About twenty minutes later, Xio and his group arrived at Thumb's current base. Desire to cooperate, Texas began negotiating with them. After choosing a room for the moment, Xio briefly explained the situation to Texas.

"...Is Lobotomy Corporation also involved in the Syracuse situation..."

"Yes, it's about the wolf hunters."

Hugh spoke so concisely to the pensive Texas. Texas then fell silent, frowning tightly, as if thinking.

While Texas was thinking, the corners of Hugh's mouth slowly curled up and he said softly:

"By the way...Miss Texas, there's one thing I forgot to mention."

"You...are also the wolf hunter's target. And, I'm afraid you're not too far away."

Chapter 154: 150 Lapland appears, Texas reflects on the past

"What did you say?"

After hearing what Hugh said, Texas' pupils shrank slightly, and he asked almost subconsciously.

She knew the identity of the man before her. "The Notifier of Destruction," that was the name Syracuse had given him. He would identify the organizations or families the Wolf Hunters would visit in advance and then inform them of the approaching destruction, or rather, the Wolf Hunters' visit.

Texas also knew that the man before her was the founder of T Company, a newly established company in the city. In terms of the Thumb class system alone, his status was not much different from hers.

But... at this moment, Texas felt quite concerned about what Xio said.

And Xio waved his hand and said calmly:

"Before finding the true 'wolf', the wolf hunters will visit all the current families in turn. However, due to their instinctive nature, even if they are sure that the true 'wolf' is not in that family, the wolf hunters will still begin a round of killing."

"...Is there still such a rule?"

After hearing this, Texas pondered for a while, looked away, frowned tightly, as if he was in deep thought.

As for Hugh, he was too lazy to pay attention to Texas in front of him. He just looked in other directions and thought about his own things.

Carly and Da'at were currently in another room, chatting and enjoying the delicious food from Syracuse... During this time, Da'at would feed Carly from time to time to continue to improve his already full favorability.

Thinking of the leisurely life of the two people over there, Xio couldn't help but sigh.

We're all "Lin Yi"... but some are so busy working overtime, while others are relatively relaxed...

Just like a mecha pilot.

After unconsciously complaining in his heart, Xio raised his head and looked at Texas. At this moment, Texas looked at Xio and asked in a serious tone:

"In other words... if we want to avoid further slaughter, we just need to find the real 'wolf' and lure the wolf hunter there, and the problem will be solved, right?"

"If the wolf hunter finds his true prey, he will most likely ignore you."

Hugh explained with a faint smile on his face. Texas then lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought.

In fact, as the big boss of Thumb, due to her experiences in the city, she has gradually become more indifferent to many things in the past.

When she returned to Syracuse, she discovered that a large part of her true heart was no longer entangled with these things... but was more concerned with various things in the city.

Most of her life had been spent in the city. She had returned to Syracuse this time simply to resolve her past affairs and allow herself to fully devote herself to city life.

But... what she had never expected was that when she came to Syracuse, in addition to the things related to the past that she had already prepared for, there was actually another disaster - a disaster from the werewolf hunters.

And now, after Texas heard the wolf hunters' code of conduct, some thoughts began to arise in her mind... some thoughts about how to resolve the crisis from the wolf hunters.

Based on the situation of the destroyed family and the situation of the Rossetti family that he learned from Hugh, Texas estimated that it would not be easy for him to deal with the wolf hunters.

It could even be said that there wasn't much hope. Even with the thumb, it was still quite difficult.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Texas finally made a decision:

Since a head-on confrontation isn't possible... then let's try a trick. Find that wolf. The "wolf" the wolf hunter is hunting.

"Huh... How much do you know about that wolf?"

Texas exhaled lightly and asked Hugh this question. Hugh pondered for a while, and finally said calmly:

"The Saluzzo family."

After hearing the name, Texas' pupils shrank slightly.

The Saluzzo family...

This name was very familiar to Texas. She even knew that a large part of her past entanglements would end with the Saluzzo family.